Near death cabinet

[Bill Arnold]

You did great on the cabinet, Rennie! I like the idea of retaining the character of an old piece like that.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

...One critique, though: I'd have put the back's pocket screws on the inside...

I thought the same thing, but then I had this realization:

...this piece will spend the rest of its foreseeable future against a wall and the back, once placed, will never be seen...

Great work, Rennie!

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Getting down to the wire. This needs to be done before Christmas!

Jan has done her magic on the sides and front and I think that the new and old blended pretty well. The casual observer would never know that the bottom 10 inches of the cabinet is all new. Over the next few days, providing the hardware gets here in time, I will mount the doors and drawer fronts. We still have not decided what to do with the top yet. It might wind up being a contrasting color or we may just leave it as it is.

 

[David Johnson]

Wonderful restoration job. Last another lifetime.
David

 

[Jim DeLaney]

Nice! The side repairs don't show at all in the pictures.

Are those cut nail marks up the back edge of the sides? Did you cut them off during disassembly, or remove and reinstall them? Just curious.

 

[Paul Douglass]

That really look nice. Thanks for sharing the process.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Nice! The side repairs don't show at all in the pictures.

Are those cut nail marks up the back edge of the sides? Did you cut them off during disassembly, or remove and reinstall them? Just curious.

They are - two unfortunate things happened. First, the majority of the nails were rusted down to toothpicks. Second, the few that survived made their way to the trashcan before I had a chance to think about reusing them. Haste makes waste.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Nice! The side repairs don't show at all in the pictures...

I noticed the same thing. Well done, Mr. & Mrs. Heuer!

 

[Kerry Burton]

What a great job of pulling this "near death" cabinet back away from the grave. It looks awesome!

 

[Darren Wright]

Great job Rennie. Looks like it's good to go for another 100 years.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

The doors are on! We found these antique rusted hinges online. They are a little undersized but they are the closest we could get to what we were looking for. There was so much bad wood and patching in the doors that I had to move the hinges much closer to the center of the door than I would’ve liked.

Only thing missing right now is to tack on a few nylon foot pads and add knobs to the drawers. Saturday is off to Hobby lobby to look for some porcelain knobs.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

 

[Jim DeLaney]

...Saturday is off to Hobby lobby to look for some porcelain knobs...

I have about 25 knobs similar to what's on the doors, so if you need a couple, let me know.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Finished! A little staging from Jan. Being picked up by recipients father today or tomorrow.

 

[Tom Niemi]

Amazing resurrection Rennie! They should be extremely pleased

 

[Ted Calver]

You and Jan did a fantastic job, Rennie. This will be a great Christmas present. (Love the oak barn door in the background)

 

[Bill Arnold]

Great collaboration on a piece that turned out just like it should!

 

[larry merlau]

great finish to a old project.. i like the pics that jan staged